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    Making use of what I have

    Well here I am nearly a year later and still no chicken coop, but lots of progress. Winter 2018 slowed us down big time with the four Nor'Easters that clobbered us in March and April. We had a tree fall on our barn and our old apple tree was pushed over by heavy snow. Then it seemed like...
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    Lease land for pasture from neighbor?

    I should be able to-taxes should be low since its preserved. He did not farm it last season and its sort of on the outer limits of his land, so I'm hoping that if we put it to productive use that it could be beneficial for both of us. All we would need is the ability to fence it-since it's...
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    Lease land for pasture from neighbor?

    We just purchased our 2 acres last October and are getting ready to start our flock, but we're thinking ahead to the possibility of a few small breed cows or maybe a couple of horses. Our neighbor to the north operates a 120 acre hay farm. One of his fields is immediately adjacent to us-its...
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    Making use of what I have

    Here is the foundation-facing east: Facing west: Facing north: Facing south: This is the Woods 16' x 10' design-the foundation is 16' wide from north to south:
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    Woods Fresh Air Poultry House

    After reading through this and some other Woods Coop threads I think I'm sold on an 8' x 16' as I'm lucky enough to have an old sheep barn foundation (16' x 32' altogether) with a concrete floor to start with. Eventually the plan will be to have the 8' x 16' coop with an adjacent 16' x 24'...
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    Making use of what I have

    We are looking to establish our flock this spring. Recently we moved to a property where the previous owner once raised a few sheep. There was a small sheep barn 16' x 32' with a pen fenced with a combination of hog panel type wire fence and rail fence with a bunch of pre-fab steel gates...
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    Barn cat shelters

    Update-not only are the cats using the shelters-they're shacking up! This morning I went out to check their water (heated dog bowl) and the female came flying out first, hightailed it out of the barn and into the woods. As I was pouring the male jumped out of the same one. Despite an...
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    Barn cat shelters

    Yep-they seem to like them. Of course anytime I go near the shelters the cats come shooting out of them like cannonballs they're so skittish...
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    Barn cat shelters

    We "inherited" two barn cats (one male, one female) with our property-they are feral, but at one point were trapped, neutered/spayed and released. We leave food and water out on the porch for them and they sleep wherever in the barn. They are close to 15 years old by the previous owners'...
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    Looking to raise chickens/turkeys on 3-5 acres

    Bumping this thread from waaaaaaaay back because we finally found a place! Not as much acreage as we were hoping for (only two) but we're surrounded on three sides by 250 acres of preserved farmland: Coming down the lane: Looking back toward the road: The back pasture: The pond: We...
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    Anyone keep Dexter cattle for milking?

    I'm bumping this old thread because our family is looking at a 5 acre property that would easily allow for a 1 acre enclosure and we'd really like to have a family milk cow. When I first began looking into dairy cows I immediately saw the amount of milk that a Holstein, etc...produces and...
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    Looking to raise chickens/turkeys on 3-5 acres

    Good information-thanks! Their involvement will be limited at first while my wife and I get the hang of it, but eventually caring for the chickens and collecting the eggs will be their primary responsibility.
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    Beginner questions about coops, runs, and free-ranging

    We are currently looking at 3-5 acre properties in our area. Some are heavily wooded, and some are farmland that was subdivided for housing, so they are basically acres and acres of grass. We would lean more toward wooded properties because I'm not looking to take up mowing as a part time job...
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    Looking to raise chickens/turkeys on 3-5 acres

    All very helpful-thanks so much!
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    Looking to raise chickens/turkeys on 3-5 acres

    My family and I will be making a move within the next year or so and we're planning to buy a little more house on a lot more property Right now we live on 1/4 lot in a subdivison and we process our own firewood, hunt and fish, and grow a small garden, but the town won't allow chickens and we...
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